A large rosewood veneered warrior's or president's desk in violet wood frames, standing on four arched legs with bronze hoofs, surmounted by large figures of ancient warrior heads. The curved belt opens to three drawers and is adorned with large female masks on the sides. Louis XV style, after a model by Charles Cressent (1685 - 1768), kept at the Mobilier National. Height 80 cm - Width: 189 cm - Depth: 103 cm (Minor accidents and restorations) History of the model : The Elysée desk came from the Ministry of the Navy and was used by almost every President since Armand Fallières during the Third Republic. Another in the collections of the Duke of Richelieu, sold in 1788 to Lord Willoughby and since then at Grimsthorpe Castle. A third, formerly in the collections of Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild, is now in the Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon. In the 19th century, this desk was reproduced by leading luxury furniture manufacturers such as Henry Dasson, Alfred Beurdeley and François Linke.